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Introduction COVID-19 sequelae are numerous and multisystemic, and how to evaluate those symptomatic patients is a timely issue. Klok et al proposed the Post-COVID-19 Functional Status (PCFS) Scale as an easy tool to evaluate limitations related to persistent symptoms. Our aim was to analyse PCFS Scale ability to detect functional limitations and its correlation with quality of life in a cohort of patients, 2–9 months after hospitalisation for COVID-19 hypoxemic pneumonia.
Methods PCFS Scale was evaluated in 121 patients together with quality of life and dyspnoea questionnaires, pulmonary function tests and CT scans.
Results We observed a high correlation with multiple questionnaires (Short Form-36, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, modified Medical Research Council, end Borg Six-Minute Walk Test), making the PCFS Scale a quick and global tool to evaluate functional limitations related to various persistent symptoms following COVID-19 pneumonia.
Discussion The PCFS Scale seems to be a suitable instrument to screen for patients who will require careful follow-up after COVID-19 hypoxemic pneumonia even in the absence of pulmonary sequelae.
- COVID-19
- viral infection
- respiratory infection
- pneumonia
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Data are available upon reasonable request. The data are deidentified participant data, they are available from MK and data reuse will be allowed limited to academic research and to non-commercial use only, after evaluation of research project.
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Contributors NB, EE and PL contributed to the study design, patient enrolment, data analysis and writing of the report. MK and J-BH contributed to the study design and data analysis. TG, CL, DH-L, LM, A-LC, SD, CB, AC and F-XB contributed to patient enrolment and follow-up. AN, DC and RL contributed to chest CT scan acquisition and analysis. PL was the author responsible for the overall content as the guarantor.
Funding This work was supported by the Institut de Recherche en Santé Respiratoire des Pays de la Loire. The authors thank the cluster LUNG innOvatiOn (LUNG O2) for logistic support.
Competing interests None declared.
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